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[ SE1 Direct ] http://www.London-SE1.co.uk
Issue 16 | 4 August 2000
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An email update from the Bankside Press team
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[ What's on this week ]
Here are some of the hightlights:
On Sunday 6 August at the Old Operating Theatre:
THE WEEKES LETTERS: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF ST THOMAS'
HOSPITAL, 1801
2.30pm; £3.25 (conc £2.25; child £1.60)
Dr John Ford of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
on the unique set of letters between a medical student
and his physician father, providing a vivid insight
into the the life and medicine of St Thomas' Hospital
at the dawn of the 19th century.
See http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/events/oot.html
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From Tuesday 8 August at Southwark Playhouse:
Tuesday 8 to Saturday 26 August
CLOCKWORK
Tue-Sat 2pm; also Wed & Thu 11am & Sat 7pm; £5 (conc
£3)
New adaptation of Philip Pullmanıs book. A chilling and
romantic story about the magic of the imagination,
self-sacrifice and love. For children 8+. One hour
workshops follow the 2pm performance on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays.
See http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/events/playhouse.html
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Until Friday 11 August at Potters Fields:
If you can't face the queues (or the prices) at the
London Eye there is a rather more modest wheel in
Potters Fields until Friday 11 August. A small
Victorian-style funfair is open daily in the riverside
park near Tower Bridge between 12 noon and 9pm. A ride
on the wheel costs £1.50.
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more developments later in the month!
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